thick
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By engineering a subwavelength grating, they were able to trap infrared light within a layer only 40 nanometers thick.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Americans often treat their nation’s founding text as a relic best observed through thick glass at the National Archives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A thick blanket of haze hovered over the horizon when BBC Thai visited Tirayut and other families in Chiang Mai, covering what once were mountainous views.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Rhys puts his arm around me, pulling me close, but despite being outside, the air around us feels thick and tight, almost claustrophobic.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
